No idea what I am doing wrong, please help

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I’ve decided i am wanting to learn tunisian crochet. I watched a youtube tutorial for a hat from Custom Comfy Crochet by Dawn.

The pattern says begin with a ch of 70. The initial chain fits around my head, but when I do the pass back through, it shrinks by about half. Any tips or tricks? Or any idea what ai may be doing wrong? I love the look of tunisian crochet so I would really love to learn.

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No idea, but I’m following because I want to learn too! Maybe you can message the video creator? Or perhaps Reddit might have something? I’m sure there’s forums for beginners.

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I didn’t even think about reddit. I’m going to check that out, too.

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Check your tension with pass back. Im making an elf coat with Tunisian my first garment and
Tension really counts.
Morale fiber has great tutorials on Tunisian you can find her on YouTube. What stitch are you working with?

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I have no idea what stitch to be honest. Lol i think it’s just the basic one?
I chained, then on the pass back, i pulled through 1 stitch, then 2 stitches until the end

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The only way to tell which stitch it is is where you insert your hook. It might be the Tunisian simple knit stitch. I’ll see if I can find Regina’s blog where she teaches it.
Don’t give up keep practicing because my first go wasn’t easy either. I know two stitches but I’ve seen some really cute ones.
I’ll edit with the blog on this comment
This is for the Tunisian knit stitch

I really love her explainations so hopefully this helps. She does have other Tunisian stitch tutorials on this blog. If you need anymore assistance please let me know.

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Thank you so much! I’ll definitely check it out

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After you made the chain, did you pick up a loop through the back bump or did you pick up a loop through the part of the chain that you’d normally crochet through? You want to make sure for your chain, you are picking up a loop through the back bump. Toni from TL Yarn Crafts is the best at teaching this. Here is a link to her Tunisian Crochet for beginners playlist on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdITDYMmVI9sC68nXuNMsDmSAGPizHXeI&si=LC_9RCOFHqVcD16W
I hope this helps! Let us know how it turns out

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I am curious if you ever figured out what was happening.